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Five steps of Wikipedia for Monday, 22nd April 2024

Welcome, أهلا بك (ahlan bika), მოგესალმებით (mogesalmebit), добредојде (dobredojde) 🤗 Five steps of Wikipedia from "Adeniyi Sulaimon Gbadegesin" to "Accra Institute of Technology". 🪜👣

Start page 👣🏁: Adeniyi Sulaimon Gbadegesin "Adeniyi Sulaimon Gbadegesin (born 13 February 1958), is an Academician and was Vice chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH at Ogbomosho between 2011 and 2018..."

Step 1️⃣ 👣: Ladoke Akintola University of Technology "Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) is a tertiary institution located in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria. The university enrolls over 30,000 students and employs more than 3,000 workers including contract staff. ..."

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Step 2️⃣ 👣: Abdou Moumouni University "Abdou Moumouni University (French: Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, UAM), formerly the University of Niamey from 1974 to 1994, is a public university based in Niamey, the capital of Niger. The main campus is situated on the right bank of the Niger River. Historically, its students and faculty..."

Step 3️⃣ 👣: Addis Ababa Science and Technology University "Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (Amharic: አዲስ አበባ ሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ ዩኒቨርስቲ), or AASTU, is an Ethiopian higher institute in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The main campus is located in the Akaky Kaliti subcity, Kilinto area around Tulu dimtu. The concept of Addis Ababa Science and Technology..."

Step 4️⃣ 👣: African University College of Communications "The African University College of Communications is a private tertiary institution at Adabraka, Accra, Ghana, for the study and teaching of journalism, communication studies, information technology convergence, business, African Studies, providing opportunities for advanced learning, and practical..."

Step 5️⃣ 👣: Accra Institute of Technology "The Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), is an independent technology-focused research university based in Accra, Ghana. The university comprises six schools and three institutes. The university is modeled on internationally renowned institutes of technology like the Massachusetts Institute of..."

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On this day in Wikipedia: Friday, 19th April

Welcome, आपका स्वागत है (āpakā svāgata hai), 환영 (hwanyeong), ยินดีต้อนรับ (yin dee dtôn rab) 🤗 What does @Wikipedia say about 19th April through the years 🏛️📜🗓️?

19th April 2023 🗓️ : Death - Moonbin Moonbin, South Korean singer and actor (b. 1998) "Moonbin (Korean: 문빈; January 26, 1998 – April 19, 2023) was a South Korean singer, actor and dancer under the label Fantagio. He was a member of the South Korean boy group Astro and its sub-unit Moonbin & Sanha. ..."

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19th April 2017 🗓️ : Death - Lu Chao-Hsuan Lu Chao-Hsuan, Taiwanese guitarist, performer and educator. (b. 1929) "Lu Chao-Hsuan Chinese: 吕昭炫; pinyin: Lǚ Zhāoxuàn (6 November 1929 - 19 April 2017) was a guitar composer, performer and educator. He was born in Guishan district, Taoyuan and attended the 21st International Guitarist Symposium in Japan in 1962, where he performed “Hometown” and “Willow,” which later..."

19th April 2013 🗓️ : Event - Boston Marathon bombing Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. His brother Dzhokhar is later captured hiding in a boat inside a backyard in the suburb of Watertown. "The Boston Marathon bombing, sometimes referred to as just simply the Boston bombing, was a domestic terrorist attack that took place during the annual Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. Brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev planted two homemade pressure cooker bombs that detonated near the finish..."

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19th April 1973 🗓️ : Event - Socialist Party (Portugal) The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel. "The Socialist Party (Portuguese: Partido Socialista, pronounced [pɐɾˈtiðu susiɐˈliʃtɐ], PS) is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel by militants who were at the time with the Portuguese Socialist Action (Portuguese:..."

19th April 1922 🗓️ : Birth - Erich Hartmann Erich Hartmann, German colonel and pilot (d. 1993) "Erich Alfred Hartmann (19 April 1922 – 20 September 1993) was a German fighter pilot during World War II and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He flew 1,404 combat missions and participated in aerial combat on 825 separate occasions. He was credited with shooting down..."

19th April 1824 🗓️ : Death - Lord Byron Lord Byron, English-Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1788) "George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English poet and peer. He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as being among the greatest of English poets. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narratives Don Juan and Childe..."

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19th April 🗓️ : Holiday - Christian feast day: Emma of Lesum "Emma of Lesum or Emma of Stiepel (also known as Hemma and Imma) (c. 975-980 – 3 December 1038) was a countess popularly venerated as a saint for her good works; she is also the first female inhabitant of Bremen to be known by name. ..."

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Five steps of Wikipedia for Monday, 15th April 2024

Welcome, أهلا بك (ahlan bika), 환영 (hwanyeong), croeso 🤗 Five steps of Wikipedia from "Paruntuk Kana" to "Acoustic guitar". 🪜👣

Start page 👣🏁: Paruntuk Kana "Paruntuk Kana (Lontara script: ᨄᨑᨘᨈᨘᨀᨊ, parable) is one of Makassarese literary works, sentences containing allegory, satire or comparison. It is like proverb or aphorism. Nowadays, Paruntuk Kana is virtually forgotten by Makassarese people as a part of their culture. In the past, it was used to..."

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Step 1️⃣ 👣: Lontara script "The Lontara script (ᨒᨚᨈᨑ), also known as the Bugis script, Bugis-Makassar script, or Urupu Sulapa’ Eppa’ "four-cornered letters", is one of Indonesia's traditional scripts developed in the South Sulawesi and West Sulawesi region. The script is primarily used to write the Buginese language, followed..."

Step 2️⃣ 👣: Afaka syllabary "The Afaka script ( afaka sikifi) is a syllabary of 56 letters devised in 1910 for the Ndyuka language, an English-based creole of Suriname. The script is named after its inventor, Afáka Atumisi. It continues to be used to write Ndyuka in the 21st century, but the literacy rate in the language for..."

Step 3️⃣ 👣: Acrophony "Acrophony (; Greek: ἄκρος akros uppermost + φωνή phone sound) is the naming of letters of an alphabetic writing system so that a letter's name begins with the letter itself. For example, Greek letter names are acrophonic: the names of the letters α, β, γ, δ, are spelled with the respective letters:..."

Step 4️⃣ 👣: Birch "A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus Betula (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech-oak family Fagaceae. The genus Betula contains 30 to 60 known taxa of which 11 are on the IUCN 2011 Red List of..."

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Step 5️⃣ 👣: Acoustic guitar "An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, resonating through the air in the body, and producing..."

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Five steps of Wikipedia for Monday, 8th April 2024

Welcome, добредојде (dobredojde), üdvözöljük, 환영 (hwanyeong) 🤗 Five steps of Wikipedia from "Nerse" to "10th meridian east". 🪜👣

Start page 👣🏁: Nerse "Nerse, also known as Nersa, is a village located in Khanapur Taluk of Belagavi District, Karnataka, India. It is also the headquarters for Nerse Gram Panchayat. The distance from Belagavi is about 40 km and from Bengaluru is 500 km. It is situated under the Western Ghats, on the boundary of..."

Step 1️⃣ 👣: Geographic coordinate system "A geographic coordinate system (GCS) is a spherical or geodetic coordinate system for measuring and communicating positions directly on the Earth as latitude and longitude. It is the simplest, oldest and most widely used of the various spatial reference systems that are in use, and forms the basis..."

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Step 2️⃣ 👣: 105th meridian east "The meridian 105° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. Under mean solar time represents the offset of UTC+07:00 time zone. The 105th meridian east forms a..."

Step 3️⃣ 👣: 100th meridian east "The meridian 100° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 100th meridian east forms a great circle with the 80th meridian west. ..."

Step 4️⃣ 👣: 101st meridian east "The meridian 101° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 101st meridian east forms a great circle with the 79th meridian west...."

Step 5️⃣ 👣: 10th meridian east "The meridian 10° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 10th meridian east forms a great circle with the 170th meridian west. ..."

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On this day in Wikipedia: Thursday, 4th April

Welcome, velkomin, vítejte, bienvenido 🤗 What does @Wikipedia say about 4th April through the years 🏛️📜🗓️?

4th April 2023 🗓️ : Event - Finland Finland becomes a member of NATO after Turkey accepts its membership request. "Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland covers an area of 338,145 square..."

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4th April 2017 🗓️ : Event - Khan Shaykhun chemical attack Syria conducts an air strike on Khan Shaykhun using chemical weapons, killing 89 civilians. "The Khan Shaykhun chemical attack took place on 4 April 2017 on the town of Khan Shaykhun in the Idlib Governorate of Syria. The town was reported to have been struck by an airstrike by government forces followed by massive civilian chemical poisoning. The release of a toxic gas, which included..."

4th April 2014 🗓️ : Death - Curtis Bill Pepper Curtis Bill Pepper, American journalist and author (b. 1917) "Curtis Bill Pepper (August 30, 1917 – April 4, 2014) was an American journalist and author, who published seven books. He was Newsweek's Mediterranean bureau chief in Rome from the mid-1950s to mid-1960s. He also worked for Edward R. Murrow at the Rome bureau of CBS, and covered the Vatican for..."

4th April 1973 🗓️ : Event - World Trade Center (1973–2001) A year after the completion of the second of the complex's twin towers, the World Trade Center in New York City was officially dedicated. "The original World Trade Center (WTC) was a large complex of seven buildings in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed during the September 11 attacks in 2001. At the time of their completion, the Twin Towers—the original 1 World..."

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4th April 1924 🗓️ : Birth - Bob Christie (racing driver) Bob Christie, American race car driver (d. 2009) "Bob Christie (April 4, 1924 – June 1, 2009) was an American racecar driver. Christie raced in the USAC Championship Car series in the 1956-1963 seasons, with 15 career starts, including every Indianapolis 500 race in that span. He finished in the top ten 5 times, with his best finish in 3rd..."

4th April 1821 🗓️ : Birth - Linus Yale Jr. Linus Yale Jr., American engineer and businessman (d. 1868) "Linus Yale Jr. (April 4, 1821 – December 25, 1868) was an American mechanical engineer, manufacturer, and co-founder with millionaire Henry R. Towne of the Yale Lock Company, which became the premier manufacturer of locks in the United States. He was the country's leading expert on bank locks and..."

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4th April 🗓️ : Holiday - Christian feast day: Tigernach of Clones "Tigernach mac Coirpri (d. 549) was an early Irish saint, patron saint of Clones (County Monaghan) in the province of Ulster. ..."

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Five steps of Wikipedia for Saturday, 30th March 2024

Welcome, 欢迎 (huānyíng), dobrodošli, benvenuto 🤗 Five steps of Wikipedia from "Paprika (app)" to "Blankenberge". 🪜👣

Start page 👣🏁: Paprika (app) "Paprika is a app and website that helps the users produce personalized, goal-oriented meal plans. The app is available for Android and iOS devices...."

Step 1️⃣ 👣: Muscle "Muscle is a soft tissue, one of the four basic types of animal tissue. Muscle tissue gives skeletal muscles the ability to contract. Muscle is formed during embryonic development, in a process known as myogenesis. Muscle tissue contains special contractile proteins called actin and myosin which..."

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Step 2️⃣ 👣: Animal locomotion "Animal locomotion, in ethology, is any of a variety of methods that animals use to move from one place to another. Some modes of locomotion are (initially) self-propelled, e.g., running, swimming, jumping, flying, hopping, soaring and gliding. There are also many animal species that depend on their..."

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Step 3️⃣ 👣: Adhesion "Adhesion is the tendency of dissimilar particles or surfaces to cling to one another (cohesion refers to the tendency of similar or identical particles/surfaces to cling to one another). The forces that cause adhesion and cohesion can be divided into several types. The intermolecular forces..."

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Step 4️⃣ 👣: Adolf Eugen Fick "Adolf Eugen Fick (3 September 1829 – 21 August 1901) was a German-born physician and physiologist...."

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Step 5️⃣ 👣: Blankenberge "Blankenberge (Dutch: [ˈblɑŋkə(m)bɛrɣə] ; French: Blankenberghe; West Flemish: Blanknberge) is a seaside city and a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Blankenberge proper and the settlement of Uitkerke. On 1 December 2014, Blankenberge had a..."

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On this day in Wikipedia: Saturday, 30th March

Welcome, witamy, tervetuloa, ласкаво просимо (laskavo prosymo) 🤗 What does @Wikipedia say about 30th March through the years 🏛️📜🗓️?

30th March 2023 🗓️ : Event - Donald Trump Donald Trump becomes the first former United States president to be indicted by a grand jury. "Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump received a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968, and his father named him..."

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30th March 2019 🗓️ : Event - Pope Francis Pope Francis visits Morocco. "Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936) is the Pope and head of the Catholic Church, the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the..."

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30th March 2014 🗓️ : Death - Alice Raftary Alice Raftary, American educator of blind adults (b. 1927) "Alice Geisler Raftary (September 2, 1927 – March 30, 2014) was an American educator, based in Detroit, who specialized in education and rehabilitation for newly-blind adults...."

30th March 1974 🗓️ : Birth - Martin Love Martin Love, Australian cricketer "Martin Lloyd Love (born 30 March 1974) is a former Australian cricketer who played in five Test matches from 2002 to 2003. He was a right-handed batsman...."

30th March 1923 🗓️ : Birth - Milton Acorn Milton Acorn, Canadian poet and playwright (d. 1986) "Milton James Rhode Acorn (March 30, 1923 – August 20, 1986), nicknamed The People's Poet by his peers, was a Canadian poet, writer, and playwright...."

30th March 1822 🗓️ : Event - East Florida The United States merged East Florida and West Florida to create the Florida Territory. "East Florida (Spanish: Florida Oriental) was a colony of Great Britain from 1763 to 1783 and a province of the Spanish Empire from 1783 to 1821. The British gained control over Spanish Florida in 1763 as part of the Treaty of Paris which ended the Seven Years' War. Deciding that the colony was too..."

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30th March 🗓️ : Holiday - School Day of Non-violence and Peace (Spain) "The School Day of Non-violence and Peace (or DENIP, acronym from Catalan: Dia Escolar de la No-violència i la Pau) is an observance founded by the Spanish poet Llorenç Vidal Vidal in Majorca in 1964 as a starting point and support for a pacifying and non-violent education of a permanent character...."

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On this day in Wikipedia: Friday, 29th March

Welcome, vitajte, ongi etorri, ողջու՜յն (voġčuyn) 🤗 What does @Wikipedia say about 29th March through the years 🏛️📜🗓️?

29th March 2023 🗓️ : Death - Vivan Sundaram Vivan Sundaram, Indian contemporary artist (b. 1943) "Vivan Sundaram (28 May 1943 – 29 March 2023) was an Indian contemporary artist. He worked in many different medias, including painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, installation, and video art, and his work was politically conscious and highly intertextual in nature. His work constantly..."

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29th March 2019 🗓️ : Death - Agnès Varda Agnès Varda, French film director (b. 1928) "Agnès Varda (French: [aɲɛs vaʁda] ; born Arlette Varda; 30 May 1928 – 29 March 2019) was a Belgian-born film director, screenwriter, photographer, and artist with French and Greek origins. Varda's work employed location shooting in an era when the limitations of sound technology made it easier and..."

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29th March 2014 🗓️ : Event - Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales took place following the passage of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. "Same-sex marriage is legal in all parts of the United Kingdom. As marriage is a devolved legislative matter, different parts of the United Kingdom legalised at different times; it has been recognised and performed in England and Wales since March 2014, in Scotland since December 2014, and in..."

29th March 1974 🗓️ : Event - Shaanxi A group of farmers in the Chinese province of Shaanxi discovered a vast collection of terracotta statues (pictured) depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. "Shaanxi is a landlocked province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), Ningxia (NW) and Inner Mongolia (N). Shaanxi covers an area of over 205,000 km2 (79,151 sq mi) with..."

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29th March 1924 🗓️ : Death - Charles Villiers Stanford Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer and conductor (b. 1852) "Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Anglo-Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Romantic era. Born to a well-off and highly musical family in Dublin, Stanford was educated at the University of Cambridge before studying music in Leipzig and..."

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29th March 1824 🗓️ : Birth - Ludwig Büchner Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist, physician, and philosopher (d. 1899) "Friedrich Karl Christian Ludwig Büchner (29 March 1824 – 30 April 1899) was a German philosopher, physiologist and physician who became one of the exponents of 19th-century scientific materialism...."

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29th March 🗓️ : Holiday - Boganda Day (Central African Republic) "This is a list of public holidays in the Central African Republic..."